Deutsche Bank posts net income of $6.9 billion  

The bank confirmed Tuesday its preliminary estimates published last month that 2009 revenue more than doubled to 28 billion euros from almost 14 billion euros in 2008. Deutsche Bank says the current year would improve but remain difficult, and that in 2011 pretax profit could amount to 10 billion euros from core businesses. In 2009, the company's operating profit was 5.2 billion euros. That compared with a 5.7 billion euros loss in 2008.